Recently my xp machine decided to stop showing the device manager icon (the
green arrow). As a result, I am unable to deactivate a piece of hardware
without just unplugging it. This is dangerous, though. I have tried to
re-activate it by tinkering with the tray manager (lower right-hand corner)
to no success.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

"e125" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Recently my xp machine decided to stop showing the device manager icon
> (the
> green arrow). As a result, I am unable to deactivate a piece of hardware
> without just unplugging it. This is dangerous, though. I have tried to
> re-activate it by tinkering with the tray manager (lower right-hand
> corner)
> to no success.
>
> Any suggestions would be welcomed.

Hi

Run this command exactly as it shows...copy and paste:
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL HotPlug.dll

Or prepare a batch file...copy and paste the following 4 lines in Notepad
and save as srh.bat (for safely remove hardware):

@echo off
cls
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL HotPlug.dll
exit

Double-click srh.bat to execute.

Abo Yasmine